Example sentences of "it [art] matter " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even in England , half-inch diameter hail stones are not unknown , and these will smash canopies and ruin the surfaces , causing very expensive damage and making it a matter of luck to get out of the area and down safely . |
| 2 | But one thing about our Asian men is that they think it a matter of pride that their women must not go out to work . |
| 3 | It is often said that Muslim men think it a matter of pride that their women should n't work . |
| 4 | Is it a matter of equality : What does the management of mission mean ? |
| 5 | The unanswered question , of course , is why is it a matter simply of judicial notice that the Communist Party of the 1980s is subversive ? |
| 6 | On the North Shore , surfers consider it a matter of pride to go straight back out and reassert their dominance and exorcise their demons . |
| 7 | Nor was it a matter of money when Thames Television decided to sack Benny Hill a couple of years ago . |
| 8 | Although he was wary of commenting on a specific meeting , Mr Hyde said the company ‘ would not make it a matter of policy to say we have been in contact or received authorisation , if that had n't been the case ’ . |
| 9 | The kidnap has apparently been perpetrated by a cell of international terrorists , and that automatically makes it a matter for state security . |
| 10 | Consequently , when the number of countries is small and each very similar , the clustering becomes particularly tight , thereby making it a matter of arbitrary choice to select any one variable for explanatory purposes . |
| 11 | Those who know , think it a matter without interest , so that again and again in my enquiries , when some touch of colour has been given illuminating the ways of life among the people who are above the need for help , it has been cut short by a semi-apology : ‘ But that is not what you want to know about ’ … |
| 12 | Was it a matter of routine , or was there some specific , possibly propagandist purpose ? |
| 13 | Not only was it a matter of dignity and prestige that the remaining continental possessions of the Plantagenets should be preserved , but political and material forces were at work to maintain the Anglo-Gascon connection . |
| 14 | When the seaman Peters , a thief and later a mutineer , protests against the commuting of the death sentence to the disgrace of being flogged round the fleet , Marryat as author finds it a matter for critical comment that the members of the court-martial are clearly surprised that a mere seaman should act from a sense of honour : |
| 15 | Nor again is it a matter for surprise that counsel and the judges in these cases have concentrated attention on whether there is a sufficient change of status at the moment of charging to render further questioning impermissible . |
| 16 | Is it a matter of exposing students to some kind of culturally rich material ( like the American ‘ great works ’ approach ) or is it more a matter of a particular educational experience ? |
| 17 | In other words , is it a matter of content or process ? |
| 18 | He made it a matter of principle always to take the murder cases himself . |
| 19 | Is it a matter of a year , two years , or a five-year plan ? |
| 20 | Is it a matter of class between a ‘ gentlewoman ’ and a duchess , a friend and a patron , ie , the point where social class and personal relations do and do n't intersect . |
| 21 | Is it for you , or is it a matter for the Select Committee on Privileges ? |
| 22 | My hon. Friend the Member for Leicestershire , North-West and the ordeal suffered by the hon. and learned Member for Leicester , West will make it a matter , rightly , for public debate . |
| 23 | The hon. Member for Derby , North ( Mr. Knight ) seems to consider it a matter of amusement . |
| 24 | What is more , it was not a case of France eventually delivering slow ball to their backs : rather was it a matter of mauls which erupted into a forward on the break . |